by John Woods Published: September 9,2012
Tags: game calls, hunting, outdoors, Primos
Mississippi is the home of a lot of firsts. Honest, we’re not last in everything. I mean they did the first heart transplant here in 1964. Space shuttle rocket engines are tested here. The best catfish on Earth comes from here. The first football player on a box of Wheaties was Mississippi’s Walter Payton. Mississippi [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2012
Tags: bird, ecosystem, egg, environment, gamebird, hatch, hunting, state agency, state government, Turkey, wildlife
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Near-perfect conditions have produced the best turkey hatch in 10 years, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. July observations indicate that “in 2014, we ought to have a tremendous season,” particularly in southwest Mississippi, said Wild Turkey Program coordinator Dave Godwin. The last solid overall statewide hatch was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 30,2012
Tags: animal, city, city government, deer, deer hunter, deer hunting, deer management, hunt, hunter, hunting, mammal, municipal governmennt, municipality, wildlife
OXFORD — A warm winter and an abundant food supply have resulted in a larger deer population in Oxford. Jimmy Allgood, Oxford’s emergency management coordinator, tells the Oxford Eagle more fawns have been spotted this year. Allgood has been headed the city’s deer management program for almost four years. Allgood has worked along with the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 27,2012
Tags: competition, dog, hunt, hunter, hunting, kenel, outdoors, raccoon
BATESVILLE — The United Kennel Club will hold its Winter Classic Coon Hunt in Batesville. The three-day event had been held in Albany, Ga., for the past 25 years. The event will be held on its traditional weekend, from Jan. 25-27, 2013, at the civic center. Officials tell the Panolian the Winter Classic typically draws [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 25,2012
Tags: breeding, duck, hunt, hunter, hunting, outdoors, report, waterfowl, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — If the weather cooperates, Mississippi duck hunters could be on track for a season that leaves them talking for years to come. According to the recently released Trends in Duck Breeding Populations report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Canadian Wildlife Service, the North American breeding duck population is at a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 11,2012
Tags: alligators, hunting, hunting license, outdoors, reptiles, state agency, state government, state law, wildlife
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Friday is the deadline to apply for a permit to hunt alligators on public waterways in Mississippi. Applicants must be Mississippi residents age 16 and above. For 2012, there are six public waterway zones with 810 total available gator permits. Also for 28 open counties, applications will be accepted through July 1 [...] [...]
by John Woods Published: June 3,2012
Tags: gaming and fish, hunting, John Woods, landowners
Whoever it was that said it’s a buyer’s market for hunting land is in serious need of revising their sound bites. From what I see and have had reported to me by interested buyers, a “buyers’ market” is anything but the truth when it comes to hunting land being easy to find and purchase. The [...] [...]
by John Woods Published: May 13,2012
Tags: fishing, hunting, John Woods, outdoors, redneck
For sure you might could be a real “gen-u-wine” Mississippi redneck if your name is Jim Bob Allgood and you are the owner/host of the popular Southern culture outdoor television series known as Redneck Adventures created and operated from Natchez. As Jim Bob describes his unique television vision, “Redneck Adventures is somewhere between the normal [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 26,2012
Tags: bill, federal government, fishing, fishing camps, flooding, floods, hunting, hunting camps, insurance, law, lawmakers, legislative, rain, severe weather, state government, Weather
JACKSON — The state Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill to allow local governments to enforce federal floodplains codes at hunting and fishing camps and remain in the National Flood Insurance Program. The bill now goes to the governor. Lawmakers tell the Mississippi Press they expect the governor to sign the bill [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2012
Tags: bills, deer, deer breeding, disease, hunting, law, lawmakers, legislative branch, Legislature, outdoors, wildlife
JACKSON — Missouri is the 15th state with confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild cervid populations. Wildlife officials there say tests found two white-tailed bucks killed by deer hunters in Macon County, Mo., in November tested positive for the deadly disease. They were discovered by Missouri’s Department of Conservation after it began [...] [...]
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